Jason Kelce isn’t done for the rest of the season just yet

Posted by Josh Alper on September 17, 2012, 2:41 PM EDT

AP

Eagles center Jason Kelce suffered a serious right knee injury against the Ravens on Sunday.

The only question now is just how serious. Reports after the game were grim, saying Kelce would miss the rest of the season as a result of the injury. The Eagles’ trainer spoke to the media on Monday, however, and said that nothing has been decided about Kelce’s status just yet.

Rick Burkholder said, via Les Bowen of the Philadelphia Daily News, that Kelce will have a knee scope on Tuesday to determine the extent of the damage to his knee. Burkholder said that the team knows Kelce has torn his MCL and partially torn his ACL. The scope will determine whether or not he needs surgery to repair the ACL and Kelce will be done if he requires an operation. If he doesn’t need surgery, however, Kelce could return in four to six weeks.

The Eagles will likely wait until the results of that scope to make any roster move with Kelce, who could be a candidate to return from injured reserve if he doesn’t need surgery on his knee. Andy Reid said that Dallas Reynolds, who made his regular season debut after Kelce’s injury, will continue to be the replacement, although the team will have to address the depth somehow so that they avoid turning Cullen Jenkins into a two-way player at some point this season.

theauger says:
Sep 17, 2012 3:03 PM
It doesn’t matter. Darnell Dockett, Calais Campbell, & Dan Williams are going to dominate whoever it is that Philly starts at center this week.
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I would love to see them try. LMAO!!!!

There are rumors saying that Kelce wanted the surgery but the franchise informed him that if he decided to get the surgery, he’d be placed on the IR for the rest of the season and would have to take a pay cut of 99% in order to allow the Eagles to save up money for 2024 free agency.

I totally agree with greymares. That hit was straight up DIRTY. Ed Reed had no business trying to bring his helmet and pads in at that angle without takings the guys knees out. They do that to a QB, it’s a major penalty. Ed Reed needs to focus on making a proper tackle and not on ruining guys’ careers!